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Transcript

Headquarters
Saturday
Dec 11th, 1869 [In another’s hand]
My Dear Crommy
Since writing
you last, a few lines on the Boat
I have been quite sick; last
Wednsday week I went to see “Sis,”
to spend one day & night and was
taken sick, and had to remain
nine days before I was able
to get home; And now I am not
feeling half well tho able
to be up most of the time
Bell & William have left here
and Betsey will leave in
a few days, so we will be
alone - I have paid Bell
twenty dollars our of money
we sold the wood for and
still owe him $4. dollars
which he is willing to wait
for, I want to purchase a
horse with what I have left
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with the addition of a little
more put with it Gaston
will let me have Sam
Ashes horse which is at
his mothers for $30 dollars
in specie which I think
cheap for him Sam no doubt
will talk up matters with
you, If he had a horse and
some little in the way of sup-
lies to last until we can
get some more wood cut I think he
could make a successful
beginning on the place. I
want us to aid him in ma-
king the start, as he seems
very sad and low spirited
Tom Armstrong is still work-
ing on old Boats for Gandy
and nothing doing to his &
Sams Boat altho Sam has
gone over to work on it
until it was finished
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Consequently he had to come
home & so the matter is, and
Sam kept out of his years
labor and in need of means
Send me two spools of thread
one 20 & one 30 (white) and three
yds of dark lead colored coarse
cambrie to line a sack with
one bottle of that good whiskey
As ever your loving
Mother
Mary Jones